124+ Taurus Names

  1. Celadon
    • Origin:

      Color name
    • Description:

      Like Cerulean, one of the new and unusual color names -- it's a soft grayish green -- suitable for a boy.
  2. Jiro
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "second son"
    • Description:

      Commonly used Japanese name -- and not only for a second son.
  3. Mies
    • Origin:

      Dutch, diminutive of Bartholomeus
    • Meaning:

      "son of the earth"
    • Description:

      Apt choice for an architect's child, honoring German-born Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, a central figure in modern design, and universally referred to as Mies.
  4. Golda
    • Origin:

      English, Yiddish
    • Meaning:

      "gold"
    • Description:

      A name with an obvious meaning, for a long time associated with Golda Meir, the fourth Prime Minister of Israel. Nickname Goldie seems to be catching on in the celebrity community.
  5. Foxglove
    • Origin:

      Flower name, from English
    • Meaning:

      "fox's glove"
    • Description:

      A rare flower name that works as well for boys as it does for girls, so named because of its resemblance to a small glove.
  6. Loyal
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "faithful, loyal"
    • Description:

      Loyal is one of the few virtue names suitable for boys, an honorable and principled Boy Scout-esque appellation with a surprisingly long and distinguished history.
  7. Raizel
    • Origin:

      Yiddish
    • Meaning:

      "rose"
    • Description:

      The most popular flower name in Israel, though that popularity does not extend to the US.
  8. Hesperos
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "evening, evening star"
    • Description:

      Hesperos or Hesperus is the personification of the evening star in Greek mythology; in Roman myth, that role is held by Venus. There's a Longfellow poem called "The Wreck of the Hesperus" about a tragic ship voyage.
  9. Viridiana
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "green"
    • Description:

      Viridiana is a frillier version of the medieval name Viridis, meaning green. Viridiana briefly made it into the top 1000 in the US in the 1990s.
  10. Merope
    • Origin:

      Greek
    • Meaning:

      "bee-eater bird"
    • Description:

      This obscure name from Greek mythology (Merope was one of the Pleiades) is better known from J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series, as the name of Tom Riddle's ill-fated mother.
  11. Taura
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "like a bull"
    • Description:

      Taura is a possibility for a girl born between mid-April and mid-May, but, if a name is destiny, its meaning does suggest stubbornness. Consider Laura, Flora, or Honora instead.
  12. Haruko
    • Origin:

      Japanese
    • Meaning:

      "born in spring"
    • Description:

      A traditional possibility for a Japanese or Japanese-American child born in April or May.
  13. Cliona
    • Origin:

      Irish
    • Meaning:

      "shapely"
    • Description:

      Attached in Irish mythology to a Cliona who was, among other things, an inspirer of poets. Cliona is well-used in modern Ireland, along with Irish form Cliodhna, though it's largely unknown in the rest of the world.
  14. Greenlee
    • Origin:

      English
    • Meaning:

      "green clearing"
    • Description:

      Attractive English surname that sounds right at home with the other androgynous surname names that are currently on-trend.

      Greenlee Smythe is a character on the soap opera All My Children

  15. Dhara
    • Origin:

      Hindi
    • Meaning:

      "the earth"
    • Description:

      An international take on Dara.
  16. Zelenka
    • Origin:

      Czech
    • Meaning:

      "green"
    • Description:

      A Czech surname derived from the word for "green", which has a certain spark.
  17. Jabari
    • Origin:

      Swahili
    • Meaning:

      "comforter, bringer of consolation"
    • Description:

      Coolly attractive African name, with distinguished representatives in sports and literature. Jabari has been on the rise recently, returning to the US Top 1000 in 2023.
  18. Quartz
    • Origin:

      Mineral name
    • Description:

      This may be a bit quirky to make it as a name, especially in first place. If you love it, you might try it in the middle.
  19. Ishtar
    • Origin:

      Mesopotamian
    • Description:

      The mother goddess Ishtar (also called, or identified with, Ashtoreth, Ashtoret, Astarte and Inanna) was worshipped by the Assyrians and Babylonians as the goddess of love, war, justice and fertility. While the original meaning is unknown, the name possibly derives from "Attar" meaning the morning star. She has been equated with the Greek Aphrodite.
  20. Taurus
    • Origin:

      Latin
    • Meaning:

      "bull"
    • Description:

      His nickname would inevitably be Bull.